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Etsy Crave!

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My latest obsession revolves around Etsy.  In the beginning of December I was asked to go on unemployment in order to receive a groomer's certificate after completing two vet tech courses.  As much as I'd love to spend money I don't have, it's an unreasonable thought.  My education has had minor twists and turns, but I always seem to stay on track to what's most important to ME.  So I sold a pair of earrings on my Etsy site shortly after I was unemployed, and I had inspiration to put more effort into it ever since.  Sales are not as frequent as I had hoped, but the fact that I sold any helped to boost my esteem.  

As much as I love Pagosa, it is soon time to move on to the next destination.  I've been scoping out colleges and universities across the states for several months now, and I have decided to stay in the mountains.  Life may be taking me to Gunnison where there is a cute little college I would love to attend.  The last couple of semesters have been enjoyable sitting in my robe while I attend school, but I must say I am getting a bit lonely.  These social networks online have not held up to much, and I am far too sociable to stay cooped up in my nest as much as I do.  A free spirit is ready to burst forth from my inner core.  I've been as much myself as I think I can be, but I know there is more potential within in me.  So, as winter is finishing out and the next semester of my online courses are about to begin, I can look forward to spring and summer planning of a road trip!

SOME OF MY FAVORITE PHOTOS:
Lonely soul by iNeedChemicalX INNER DYNAMICS by Paula-Rosa nerd by ElectronCloud Stop time III by vimark Freed or Condemned by 0palesque zzz by arahna-ua rain. by lanimilbus-segassem

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Thank you so much to everyone that has stopped by my deviant page to check out my artwork!  

An even bigger thank you to those that have added my work to their favorites and/or commented on it!

And the biggest thanks of all goes to ~shakespoon (shakespoon.deviantart.com/) for requesting a print of mine!  What a great way to bring in the new year!  

I also made my first sale yesterday on my etsy site (www.etsy.com/people/AnotherUse).  At long last, my hard work is starting to pay off.  

Thanks again, everyone!

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Well, no donations as of so far.  Since this weekend deviantArt has put on a lovely sale, I was able to get postcards of some of my photography to send home to family.  It helps to save a little cha-ching.  Black Friday always gets me in these moods where I feel like I'm saving, but really in the long run I look at how much I spent that I really shouldn't have in the first place.  It's almost like I convince myself it's a sort of charity.  "It is a good deed to give gifts, even if you are less fortunate than others."  I'd have to say it really does pay off, even if I have little to show for it.     

I crack up looking back a few years ago when I waited outside of Best Buy hours before the sun rose just to save money.  It's kind of ridiculous when you have people running through stores, acting out of control, like any second a riot could break out, all over saving a few pennies, and I really do mean PENNIES.  But hey, I stayed up till two or three in the morning on Thursday into Friday, doing the exact same thing.  To think I heard a woman say that year at Best Buy how she was checking out her Christmas items and turned to see her cart, full of her hard earned money spent, snatched right out from under her nose.  Or another person who showed up on the news that was run over from the stampede of carts and feet while trying to race for the "Black Friday" sales.  I guess the safety of sitting in my robe while I surf the web at the wee hours of the morn in order to save those few dollars I so solemnly need, is worth the trouble of the unpredictability of other people.  I think I have found my new tradition.  

Yay to me for finding time to write a few silly paragraphs, but I thought those who read my journal could find humor with me.   I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and will continue to on into the next year.  

Till next time...

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Donate!

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I decided to start a donation pool titled, "For future projects."  I chose this title delicately, as this has a wide range of meanings.  Today, this meaning is that I am a struggling online college student, trying to travel and document the world while earning an education.  I do all of this while paying my own way through school, and of course, for my own bills, with the exception of my wonderful boyfriend who pitches in.  At this moment, I'm juggling one too many goals, all while accomplishing all of them with some half-ass feat.  But I get the job done.  

So as I've been struggling to find a little more compensation for my talents, I've been working on a few projects; one being my lovely art of jewelry making.  This is nothing exceptional, but it's a minor sort of relief, on top of a lovely Boston Lager at the end of a long day. Check out my jewelry at www.etsy.com/shop/AnotherUse.&… be patient at this time! I am still taking photos to add to my inventory.  

I thought I'd try and ask around these lovely holidays for some loose points in someone's account to put towards lovely post cards I have created on my deviantART account to send home for the holidays.  As I said earlier, I am an online college student living away from home (with much gumption) in order to see this beautiful country I live in.  At this time I am planted in colorful Colorado, without a vehicle or the finances to fly home.  

Help me mail home some of my beautiful photography to my family for the holidays! Thank you with my deepest compassion!!!  

Christmas is coming
The goose is getting fat
Please to put a penny
In the old man's hat
If you haven't got a penny
A hay penny will do
If you haven't got a hay penny
Then God bless you!

I really did just sing that aloud...But seriously, it's like that...



~Stay tuned!~

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No Snow?

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I finally created another a photo that I am proud of.  It came from my trip to Mesa Verde for my birthday in October.  Life has been quite interesting for some time now.  I finished my accelerated psychology course the week before my birthday.  I was able to slow down a bit and work on my other three courses.  Things are progressing as nicely as they could.  Although I've had an emotional breakdown or two in the past month or so, I think I could be much worse off.  My darling love has been coping with me and my stress better than I could ask for.  I celebrated my birthday with him in my bathrobe for most of the day, while sitting on the couch with his laptop, as he did a few errands and brought back the most comfortable pair of moccasins, a lovely bouquet of flowers, the sweetest card, and the anticipation for the avgo lemono soup he made me for dinner.  Sigh...

I am nearing the end of my semester, and I've been in the process of trying to decide where I want to attend the next four years or so of college.  My head is swimming, but I'm giving myself at least a year to decide.  I still have another semester or two, and I'm taking courses towards veterinary technician certification.  We'll see where I end up, but so far, somewhere in Oregon has me hooked.  

I'm still working on my Etsy account that I started about a year ago.  At this point I'm basically building inventory.  Pictures of my jewelry next, and then I should actually be able to snab some buyers.  It's much more difficult to sell online than I thought, unless you're selling textbooks!  

In the middle of it all, art is my escape and release.  It makes me smile to see all of those who stop in and check out my gallery or favorite my art.  I really appreciate it and want to thank everyone, from the bottom of my heart, who actually stops in and reads my journal entries.  They have been quite vague, and I must find time to bring depth and breadth to them.  Life is very juicy, I just haven't been squeezed yet.

On top of it all, snow has yet to fall in "the land of the not quite right."  I guess there are a number of reason I could come up with, but it's been quite pleasant for the time being.  When it falls, it dumps.

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